...circumstances. Erasmus, describing lie slovenly habits of the people of England, says says, " the floors are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which...fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." And according' to Hollingshed there was scarely a chimney to the houses,...

...bad exposition of the houses, to the filthiness of the streets, and to the sluttishness within doors. The floors, says he, are commonly of clay, strewed...fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty. I shall give a sketch of the domestic life of a nobleman in the last century....

...Channel-row:1 Yet labour and provisions, and consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to...he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with " rushes, f4fc5 Phil t Mar. cap. 2. «' rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient CHAP V collection of beer,...

...rude and barbarous ages. Nor was England itself in a better state about two or three centuries ago. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England,...habits among the people. " The floors," says he, " are .common" ly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies, un" molested, an ancient collection of...

...utensils were of wood. (Description of Britain, chap. x. xvi. and xviii.) Erasmus, who died in 1536, ascribes the frequent plagues in England, to the nastiness...slovenly habits among the people. " The floors," says he (Epist. 432), " are commonly of " clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies un" molested an ancient...

...utensils were of wood. (Description of Britain, chap. x. xvi. and xviii.) Erasmus, who died in 1536, ascribes the frequent plagues in England, to the nastiness...slovenly habits among the people. " The floors," says he (Epist. 432), " are commonly of " clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies un*' molested an ancient...

...rest? In rnde ages, men had few amusements or occupations but what day-light afforded them." (Hume). Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to...fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty." If we may judge from circumstances, but little improvement seems to have...

...rest? In rude ages, men had few amusements or occupations but what day-light afforded them." (Hume). Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to...people. " The floors, " says he, "are commonly of clay, strewcd with rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments,...

...: Yet labour and provisions, and consequently houses, were only about a third of the present price. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to...floors," says he, " are commonly of clay, strewed with f 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar. cap. 2. * Nicholson's Historical Library. 11 " rushes, " rushes, under which lies...

...Scotland, parish of Fortim full, vol. np 458, *ays, " are commonly of clay, with rushes, under which liesj unmolested, an ancient collection of beer, grease,...fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty*. Holinshed, who lived in Queen Elizabeth's reign, gives a very curious account...